Social Justice: A Critical EssayMacmillan, 1900 - 385 páginas |
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... thought was directed almost wholly against the Church , which had claimed for itself the power to promulgate theological dogmas and moral rules , the correctness of which the individual was not allowed to question . As the doctrine of ...
... thought was directed almost wholly against the Church , which had claimed for itself the power to promulgate theological dogmas and moral rules , the correctness of which the individual was not allowed to question . As the doctrine of ...
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... thought led to the French Revolution . Correctly interpreted , it gave rise to representative and con- stitutional government . Within the present century the circle of current conceptions of right has broadened , until the whole sphere ...
... thought led to the French Revolution . Correctly interpreted , it gave rise to representative and con- stitutional government . Within the present century the circle of current conceptions of right has broadened , until the whole sphere ...
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... thought , and , because of their abstract and esoteric character , are not gen- erally influential in the world of practical thought and action . We shall , therefore , in the present work , confine our attention to those condemnations ...
... thought , and , because of their abstract and esoteric character , are not gen- erally influential in the world of practical thought and action . We shall , therefore , in the present work , confine our attention to those condemnations ...
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... thought , individual freedom seems to involve moral and political anarchy . This is what de Maistre and Comte thought , and they believed that the French Revolution had demon- strated it . It is for this reason that they would have ...
... thought , individual freedom seems to involve moral and political anarchy . This is what de Maistre and Comte thought , and they believed that the French Revolution had demon- strated it . It is for this reason that they would have ...
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... thought and objective institutions upon which a permanent social order must rest . It is to be em- phasized , moreover , that this harmony can only be obtained by satisfying current conceptions of right , in so far as they are ...
... thought and objective institutions upon which a permanent social order must rest . It is to be em- phasized , moreover , that this harmony can only be obtained by satisfying current conceptions of right , in so far as they are ...
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Página 239 - That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.
Página 109 - The labour of his body, and the work of his hands, we may say, are properly his. Whatsoever, then, he removes out of the state that nature hath provided and left it in, he hath mixed his labour with, and joined to it something that is his own, and thereby makes it his property.
Página 238 - The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society with the individual in the way of compulsion and control...
Página 240 - Liberty, as a principle, has no application to any state of things anterior to the time when mankind have become capable of being improved by free and equal discussion.
Página 108 - God, who hath given the world to men in common, hath also given them reason to make use of it to the best advantage of life and convenience. The earth and all that is therein is given to men for the support and comfort of their being.
Página 108 - Though the earth and all inferior creatures be common to all men, yet every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has any right to but himself. The labour of his body and the work of his hands, we may say, are properly his.
Página 240 - It is, perhaps, hardly necessary to say that this doctrine is meant to apply only to human beings in the maturity of their faculties. We are not speaking of children, or of young persons below the age which the law may fix as that of manhood or womanhood.
Página 33 - To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little platoon we belong to in society, ' is the first principle (the germ as it were) of public affections. It is the first link in the series by which we proceed towards a love to our country, and to mankind.
Página 76 - If, therefore, the choice were to be made between Communism with all its chances, and the present state of society with all its sufferings and injustices; if the institution of private property necessarily carried with it as a consequence, that the produce of labour should be apportioned as we now see it, almost in an inverse ratio...
Página 42 - For such is the nature of men that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned, yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves; for they see their own wit at hand, and other men's at a distance.